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Bijli sakhi, pashu sakhi, aajeevika sakhi – Uttar Pradesh's cadre of rural women
Bijli sakhi, pashu sakhi, aajeevika sakhi – Uttar Pradesh's cadre of rural women

By Shivani Gupta

Women in Uttar Pradesh are earning their livelihoods by collecting bills, running restaurants, making incense cones, and stitching sanitary pads. The self help group women are being trained under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission.

Women in Uttar Pradesh are earning their livelihoods by collecting bills, running restaurants, making incense cones, and stitching sanitary pads. The self help group women are being trained under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission.

Women Led Balinee Milk Producer Company Revolutionises Dairy Business in Bundelkhand
Women Led Balinee Milk Producer Company Revolutionises Dairy Business in Bundelkhand

By Jyotsna Richhariya

Balinee Milk Producer Company Limited, set up in 2019 and with 40,000 members, has been transforming the lives of rural women in over 800 villages of six districts in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.

Balinee Milk Producer Company Limited, set up in 2019 and with 40,000 members, has been transforming the lives of rural women in over 800 villages of six districts in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.

Rural women ditch traditional farming methods to tackle wild animal menace and water logging in flood prone areas
Rural women ditch traditional farming methods to tackle wild animal menace and water logging in flood prone areas

By Shivani Gupta

Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have switched to the trellis system where vegetables are grown on a raised structure, a couple of feet above the ground, which is expected to increase their earnings.

Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have switched to the trellis system where vegetables are grown on a raised structure, a couple of feet above the ground, which is expected to increase their earnings.

Education first: People living in rural India have high expectations
Education first: People living in rural India have high expectations

By Daya Sagar

The Union Budget allocated ₹94,853.64 crore for education sector in 2019-20. Of the total ₹94,853. 64 crore education budget, ₹56,536.63 crore has been pegged for the school sector and rest ₹38,317.01 crore has been allocated to the higher education. The mid-day meal program has been allocated ₹11,000 crore. The Budget allocated the teachers training and adult education only ₹125 crore. While the numbers are impressive, but rural India wants more

The Union Budget allocated ₹94,853.64 crore for education sector in 2019-20. Of the total ₹94,853. 64 crore education budget, ₹56,536.63 crore has been pegged for the school sector and rest ₹38,317.01 crore has been allocated to the higher education. The mid-day meal program has been allocated ₹11,000 crore. The Budget allocated the teachers training and adult education only ₹125 crore. While the numbers are impressive, but rural India wants more

"We are forced to do other official work besides immunization. When do we treat animals?" ask Livestock Extension Officers
"We are forced to do other official work besides immunization. When do we treat animals?" ask Livestock Extension Officers

By Diti Bajpai

In the animal husbandry department, livestock extension officers are the second-biggest technical cadre after veterinary officer cadre. The employees’ associations have alleged that they are forced to do other official works due to which they are unable to attend to the animals

In the animal husbandry department, livestock extension officers are the second-biggest technical cadre after veterinary officer cadre. The employees’ associations have alleged that they are forced to do other official works due to which they are unable to attend to the animals

Women in rural Unnao bring colour into their lives by making paints out of cow dung
Women in rural Unnao bring colour into their lives by making paints out of cow dung

By Sumit Yadav

A paint manufacturing workshop operated by 20 women in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh has so far sold 1,200 kilogrammes of paint made from cow dung. For the women the enterprise has raised their self esteem and given them economic independence.

A paint manufacturing workshop operated by 20 women in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh has so far sold 1,200 kilogrammes of paint made from cow dung. For the women the enterprise has raised their self esteem and given them economic independence.

Towards Gram Swaraj: Gangakhedi village in Jhabua leads with decentralised planning
Towards Gram Swaraj: Gangakhedi village in Jhabua leads with decentralised planning

By Jyotsna Richhariya

Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.

Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.

Women-led rural initiative helps improve health, education & governance in MP
Women-led rural initiative helps improve health, education & governance in MP

By गाँव कनेक्शन

As part of an initiative by a non-governmental organisation to improve facilities pertaining to health, education and governance, women volunteers called ‘Badlaav Didis’ bring about a positive change in the rural pockets of Madhya Pradesh. Details here.

As part of an initiative by a non-governmental organisation to improve facilities pertaining to health, education and governance, women volunteers called ‘Badlaav Didis’ bring about a positive change in the rural pockets of Madhya Pradesh. Details here.

Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too
Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too

By Gaon Connection

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too
Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too

By Laraib Fatima Warsi

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

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